Chapter 1697: Side Story—He Wants to Kill Me!!

After seeing the threatening look in Kante's eyes once again, I began to prepare to write a letter to Darren Potter.

This was inevitable.

I can guess what Darren Potter's cheat is now—a "Good Person" system—and perhaps he really will help me.

What's more, the two outfits at Christmas really made it impossible for me to keep my guard up.

I kept telling myself that I must be careful of Darren Potter.

But when Kante threatened to kill me, when I was terrified, he was the only one I could think of.

On Halloween day.

I started eating again.

I discovered that Darren Potter had not gone to the Deathday Party with Harry Potter.

I didn't know what he was planning, but I decided to fill myself up first.

When I had stuffed myself with food until I couldn't eat any more, I looked up and stole a small glance at him.

His face began to turn pale.

He clutched his stomach, as if he needed to go to the bathroom.

But I wasn't sure if he really needed to go; I only understood that Mrs. Norris was about to be petrified.

The basilisk was out.

I gripped my wand tightly.

The Water-Fog Charm on my eyes was still firmly in place.

Hannah and I were wearing identical magic glasses.

I hoped these glasses would be useful, at least as a layer of defense.

Being petrified was at least better than being dead.

I thought to myself.

Then I held my wand tightly.

Finally.

The Halloween feast ended.

I told Hannah I was sleepy, then followed the main group of Hufflepuffs straight back to the Hufflepuff common room.

I let out a fierce sigh of relief.

When I crawled into bed that night, I heard someone screaming in the common room, and someone calling Darren's name.

I just pretended not to hear it.

I closed my eyes, shivering under the covers for a long while before finally falling asleep.

Early the next morning.

Hannah had already found out what happened yesterday.

"Polly, you have no idea! We went back too early last night; if we had stayed later, we would have seen a huge drama."

"You don't know this, but Darren Potter has been cleaning for Filch lately just to make Filch treat Harry Potter better."

"As a result, Filch thought Darren knew he was a Squib and deliberately petrified Mrs. Norris."

"He even pulled out a knife yesterday, looking like he wanted to kill Darren. Darren didn't fight back; luckily, Dumbledore came to save him."

"It was so thrilling!"

"And then?"

I was worried inside, but on the surface, I asked in a silly way.

"I don't know what happened after that, but Filch seems to be treating Darren and Harry Potter better now."

"Professor Sprout said that once the Mandrakes are mature, Mrs. Norris can be saved."

Hannah said with a smile.

She even kept telling me that Darren was a good person who got good rewards.

But is that really the case?

It cannot be denied that what Darren did was indeed a good deed, but I believe this must have been something he calculated everything for.

Perhaps he had already calculated this from the moment he started doing favors for Filch. It really was me being too stupid.

I actually thought he hadn't done it perfectly. Then, in the blink of an eye, I was proven wrong.

But I wasn't angry.

Because the smarter my partner is, the more likely I am to survive.

Although he might scheme against me, Kante wants to kill me.

I closed my eyes.

I pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote on it with my wand: Kante wants to kill me!

I walked to the Owlery and mailed this note to Darren.

I didn't write my name.

If Darren really knows my identity, he will understand that it was me who made sure Kante and the others got Voldemort's diary.

If he doesn't know my identity, then he can only investigate who wrote it. I did everything I could; I hope he doesn't find out it was me. Even if he does, I think the fact that Kante wants to kill me is the truth.

He can't be certain of anything.

I can only do this.

For the past two days, the way Kante looks at me has been even stranger.

He even wrote a note asking me to go out.

I turned him down with the excuse that I was very busy.

I am not a fool.

I must deal with him.

I originally wanted to wait until Ginny threw the diary away before making a move, but I was startled by Kante's murderous intent; I must get the diary as soon as possible.

Finally, I waited for an opportunity when Hufflepuff and Gryffindor had a class together.

In order to steal the diary, I pretended to take a nasty fall.

I fell right next to Ginny Weasley.

Ginny is a kind girl.

She instinctively helped me up.

People around us gathered.

I sobbed and hugged Ginny.

Then I fished the diary out of her pocket.

Hannah took me from Ginny's arms. ===== CHAPTER 1699 =====